Matt Trejo

A San Leandro resident was arrested Wednesday in connection with the August murder of a Berkeley resident. Krishna Ferreira, 23, was arrested and booked into Santa Rita Jail in connection with the murder of 24 year-old Dustin Bynum.

UC Berkeley remains the number one ranked public university in the nation, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2014 college rankings released today.

In an attempt to galvanize public action, UC Berkeley public policy professor Robert Reich recently launched a petition, urging two of the nations biggest employers of low-wage workers to pay their employees higher wages.

Following last weekend’s nine alcohol-related hospitalizations, UCPD responded to four more alcohol-related illness incidents at the residence halls this Labor Day weekend.

A Clark Kerr Campus resident director reported an incident of hateful, homophobic vandalism inside a unisex bathroom last week, making it at least the second hate-related incident to transpire in the UC Berkeley campus community this month.

The ASUC Judicial Council found ASUC President Connor Landgraf’s use of an executive order in the recent ASUC elections unconstitutional on Tuesday, nullifying the health and wellness referendum which would use student funds to build new fitness and wellness centers on campus.

The ASUC Judicial Council heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case regarding controversial divestment bill, SB 160.

Despite the ASUC Attorney General’s announcement that he will drop his investigation of External Affairs Vice President-elect Safeena Mecklai for alleged by-law violations, the initial petitioner will continue moving forward with her charges.

Fourteen campus staff members and six organizations received the Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Award for their dedication to the university at a ceremony on Monday.

State legislators approved amendments to a controversial online education bill last week in response to opposition by faculty members in the state’s public higher education institutions.